Invest in a good Double Edge Safety Razor, and shave like a boss. Not only will it be a closer, smoother shave, but also cheaper; I spent ~$30 on a multi-pack of 100 different blades a little more than a year ago, and still going strong.

Get yourself a good razor (Merkur, cause German engineering > everything else), a quality badger hair brush, a multi-pack of blades on Amazon so you can sample a bunch before committing to a certain brand/blade type, some Proraso shaving cream, and an alum bar for after-shave-face-care.

Total package will cost you less than one year of DSC/Gillette, and the razor will last a lifetime. There’s a reason why the same type of razor from the 19th century is still used to shave today. You can’t even compare the savings OR the experience, and you will look forward to shaving instead of considering it a necessity to avoid looking homeless.

Reference:
(1) Gillette’s Facebook PR blunder: http://i.imgur.com/1eiimPd.png; and,
(2) Dedicated subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/wicked_edge/

Life changing, brah. You’re welcome.